Button loop



Sept. 23, 1930. Y H, DQMKEE 1,776,494

BUTTON LOOP Filed Feb. 25, 1929 JUHN H. DEJMKEEI Patented Sept. 23 1930Application filed r bruaryzs, 192a, SerialNo. 342,395.

The invention relates to improvement in button loops particularlyadapted for use;

i on garment 7 adapted to be suspended at y jin readinessto be clippedover a button the straps, theloop being specially the end of a strapshank of whlchmay be urged therefrom into a smaller retaimng loop fromwhich it cannot be unintentionally withdrawn, and the objects of theinvention are to provide from a.

single piece of wire integral suspension, receiving, and retaining, loopportions ofa button loop; and to provide means for securing thewire endsagainst of the general plane of the loops, mitting them a' limitedrelative along such jects in view as may become apparent from the Withindisclosures, the invention consists movement readily admits in the scopeof what hereinafter'may be claimed.

The following is the description of an embodiment of the invention,reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which the Figure 1 isa face view of the button loop; the Figure 2 is a bottom view thereof;th

a fragmentary side ele-l, "t

the dotted lines 33 of the Figure 1, but illustrat andthe Figure 3 isvation, partly in cross-section on ing a slight modification.

e erring more particularly to the drawing in which similar numbers referto slmilar parts, the invention 1s an lmprovement upon the single piecewire button loop which filed February fifteenth, 1929, and Serial Number340,246, there disclosing a wire ends adapted permit a. relative alongthe ed for th ing the was made, the applicant bifurcation of one of theto receivethe other end to movement of the two ends e suspension loop 1,

for the two remaining, portions to form between them the g thecontracted throat 3 and the button retaining loop 4, as the previouslyfiled application, the im- Y r NEW HAVEN,

. provided with relative separation out but per 1. The flattenedendportion 6 plane. With these and other'ob-' of certain modificationswith- V the other, of the I end plane of the loops. Having providmadebyform middle portion of the single piece. ofwire, and having providedBurrow LOOP application is filed introducesa different and novel meansby which the overlapping portions 5 and 6 are a limited relative alongthe plane of the loop.;.Theseoverlapping portions 5 and 6 are laterallyflatd to permit the two end portions to lie together substantiallywithin the same generalplane as that of the loop. jThe process offlattening these end portions, by means of applying a heavy pressurethereon, materiprov' ement for which this ally ncreases the widththrough'out the overlapped portions, as illustrated by the Figure heupset, 8X- being adapted toengage A a depression 12 in the face of theoverlapping flattened end portion 6, as illustrated by theFigures 1shank of-abutton past the throat 3 piece of resilientwire bent to formassociated loops, the free ends ofthe wire being flat I tened andoverlapped to substantially lie together ithin the plane of the loops,the overlapped en'ds having a pin and slot connection to permit theirrelative freedom of movement movement "in opposite directions along theplane of the loop. 2. A wire button loop comprising a single 7 piece ofresilient wire bent to form associated i loops,'the free ends of thewire being flattened and overlapped to substantially lie together withinthe plane of the loops, the overlapped endshaving a pin and slotconnection, the end a 'o'fthe pin being upset to provide ahead, the 10connection permitting a relativemovement," s of; the overlapped ends,only along the plane of theiloops. v 1'. 3. A wire button loopcomprising a single piece of resilient wire bent to form associated,loops, the free ends of the wire being flattened and overlappedandiprovided' with a pin and slot connection, the surface of the slottedflattened end being provided with; a depres- I sionaround the slotwithin whichdepr'ession the'end of the pin carried-by the otherflatjtened end is upset to provide a head lying flush with the saidsurface, the connection P 'pe'rmittinga relative movement of the over- Ilapped ends, "only along the plane of the azloops. a p

' A button loop formed from a single 7 piece of resilient wire of whichthe middle portion is bent to form a button receiving loop havinga'contracted' throat communicat 3o ing with a button retaining loopformed'by curved, overlapping, and flattened arm porvi'dedwith adepressed portion and a longtudinally extending slot within thedepressed portion, and the other lapped portion carry ing a pin adaptedfor a sliding engagement within the slot, the pin extremity extendingbeyond the slot and being there upset to pro-- vide a head adapted toride flush within. the

40 depression the curved overlapping arm portionsbeing thereby securedtogether for a limited relative movement only along the plane of theloop. v v

- 1 5'. A button loop comprising a single piece 5 of resilient wire bentto form associated loops, the free ends of the wire being'flat-' tenedand overlapped and provided with a pin and slot connection, the surfaceofthe slotted flattened end having anelongated de-s '50 pressionsurrounding the slot and providing the longer sides of the slot with,ribs' between which the end of the pin, carried'by the other flattenedend, is upset to provide a head lying flush with the said surface forprotected travel within the depression as the 'pin travels in the'slot.

e 6. A wire device comprising a single piece of resilient wire. bent toform associated loops, the free endsof the wire overlapping; fie'and anintersecting pin and slot connection provided by the overlapping ends tosecure r V 'them;with a relative freedom of movement in a a oppositedirections along the plane of the loops. V i a Y H. DOMKEE.

tions, one of the lappedportions being prov

